The revised legislation, Senate Bill 661, prohibits protests within 300 feet of a burial or memorial site, and resembles federal law limiting protests near military funerals signed by President Barack Obama in August.

"This carefully crafted measure balances the constitutionally protected right of free speech with limited restrictions on the time, place and manner in which protests at funerals can be held," Lieu said in a statement. "We've all been disgusted by hateful protests at military funerals, and that should now be reduced or stopped."

An elder in the Westboro Baptist Church, Charles Hockenbarger, told KMJNOW.com that the new law “won’t stop our message,” and said soldiers coming home in body bags are "paying for the sins of this nation.”

Margie Phelps, the daughter of Westboro founder Fred Phelps, tweeted that the law was "unconstitutional," but said the group will abide by the 300-foot rule for now.